The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh welcome 8.3 million tourists in 2016, an year-on-year increase of seven percent, with a remarkable surge in the border areas of Mong Cai and Binh Lieu.
The Ba Ria - Vung Tau provincial People’s Committee on January 16th announced the Decision establishing its Department of Tourism.
An art programme entitled “2017 Viet Nam Spring Festival in Sakai” took place in Sakai city of Japan’s Osaka on January 17.
The entrance fees to Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay will be VND200,000-VND250,000 each route from April 1st, 2017.
Concerted efforts by all related sectors and stakeholders are vital to fully exploit Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism potential, city leaders said.
A photo exhibition introducing Vietnamese UNESCO-recognised intangible cultural heritage opened at Nguyen Van Binh Book Street in Ho Chi Minh City on January 13.
In addition to investment and trading, there is also huge potential for cooperation between Viet Nam and India in tourism, a conference heard in HCM City on January 13.
Electric cars have already taken thousands of foreign and local visitors to Sa Dec flower village in the Mekong province of Dong Thap after the service was launched on January 10.
Viet Nam is expected to enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 9.5 percent between 2016 and 2021 for outbound travel among Asia Pacific’s emerging markets, according to the “Future of Outbound Travel in Asia Pacific 2016 to 2021” report by MasterCard.
Nine projects will be implemented in 2017 to conserve and restore relics in the Complex of Hue Monuments, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, according to the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre.
A contest for designing and producing souvenirs and gifts for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Year 2017 has been launched in Da Nang city.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on January 9 granted an investment licence to Spain’s PSH Group to construct the Hue Amusement & Beach Park project in Phu Vang district.